Abstract:
A gas dispersion window for a plasma etching or plasma deposition reactor including a housing having a chamber in which an article can be treated with plasma. The housing includes at least one inlet port connected to an interior of the chamber through which process gas can be supplied to the chamber. A radiofrequency energy source is arranged to pass radiofrequency energy into the chamber and induce plasma in the interior of the chamber by activating, with an electric field induced by the radiofrequency energy source, process gas supplied to the chamber through the inlet port. A dielectric window formed by spaced apart first and second dielectric members has an inner surface thereof forming part of an inner wall of the chamber. Radiofrequency energy passes from the radiofrequency energy source to the interior of the chamber through the dielectric window. The process gas is supplied to the gap between the first and second dielectric members and passes inwardly into the chamber through gas dispersion holes in the second member.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a non-volatile memory cell structure 10 comprises heavily doped source 11 and drain 12 regions formed in the surface of a semiconductor substrate 8 and separated by a channel region 21. A floating gate 13 is formed over and insulated from the channel region 21 and a control gate 14 is formed over and insulated from the floating gate 13. A lightly doped region 20 is formed in the channel 21 beneath the floating gate 13 and adjoining the source region 11. The lightly doped region 20 is spaced from the surface of said substrate 8. Other embodiments and processes are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method of plasma treating an article in a housing having a chamber in which the article such as a wafer can be treated with plasma. The housing includes at least one inlet port connected to an interior of the chamber through which process gas can be supplied to the chamber. A radiofrequency energy source is arranged to pass radiofrequency energy into the chamber and induce plasma in the interior of the chamber by activating, with an electric field induced by the radiofrequency energy source, process gas supplied to the chamber through the inlet port. A dielectric window having an inner surface thereof forms part of an inner wall of the chamber. Radiofrequency energy passes from the radiofrequency energy source to the interior of the chamber through the dielectric window. The dielectric window has a thickness which varies at different points along the inner surface thereof such that the thickness is largest at a central portion of the dielectric window. The dielectric window is effective to decrease the induced electric field in the interior of the chamber near the central portion of the dielectric window.
Abstract:
A pen holder is adapted to be attached to a spring of a clip-board. The spring has a U-shaped portion. The pen holder has a recess for holding a pen. A notch and a pair of grooves are formed in the base portion for receiving the pivot axle and the legs of the U-shaped portion of the spring. The width of the base portion is arranged such that the pen holder can be retained in position by the engagements between the notch and the pivot axle and between the grooves and the legs of the U-shaped portion.